I am often inspired by postings on Pinterest. I saw a gorgeous greeting card made with embossed vellum. This technique works best using a stamp whose image consists of mostly thin lines or images that would be colored with ink or other medium. Stamp an image using clear VersaMark ink onto a sheet of vellum. Emboss your image with white detail embossing powder. Careful not to overheat the vellum. The first image I embossed melted and curled the paper. After the embossed image is cool, use water based ink to color the image. Turn the image over and color the back side. Coloring both sides of the vellum is not necessary, but doing so makes the image pop with vibrant color. The final result is a very muted and beautiful image outlined in white. Try using images that can be cut out using a punch or die cut. The results are very striking.

I used a Stampin' Up! flower image and a punch to make the flowers on the card pictured. I dry embossed card stock and mounted my flowers with pop ups. I added a few leaves and used Wink of Stella clear glitter over the leaves for shine. Try using an entire sheet of vellum, the size of your greeting card. Stamp your images and sentiment, emboss, color and attach to the front of your card. It's a very nice look.

Enjoy trying this technique. And.....Y'all come back now!l

gail

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It's a wonderful feeling being able to work doing what you most enjoy. I spent my career in the business world and now I spend my days doing what I love...being creative. I hope you'll find my site useful and find inspiration for your own creative projects.